Local sheriff’s officers reported Claude Lundy was convicted of the theft by a Southern California court recently. The plane was registered to an El Centro pilot and was stolen in Imperial County.

35 years ago

Portola’s City Council agreed to grant a request to waive curb and gutter requirements along Highway A-15 in the proposed senior housing development.

John Gilmore to appeared at the council meeting to appeal the requirement for curbs and gutters on behalf of Aiello Construction and the city granted his appeal after consultation with the city council.

25 years ago

The sign could very well have read: “Help wanted: Boon Docs. Apply if you are willing to work long hours, want to live in a rural community and make 25 to 30 percent less than you can make in the city.”

Doctors fresh from residency or in the early practice in the big city were not rushing their resumes to Portola.

20 years ago

It was officially finished — finally. Susanville Resources Inc. would not operate a medical waste incineration facility at Lassen College.

Lassen College agreed in closed session to co-sign a letter with SRI president Fred Yekinek.

The letter asked the Department of Health Services to withdraw the permit application for the incineration facility.

15 years ago

Eight years after he fled to Illinois to avoid a drug cultivation charge, Gerald Wagner was sentenced last week to three years in state prison.

The 56-year-old former Doyle resident was sentenced in Lassen Superior Court. He pleaded guilty in exchange for dismissal of a charge he possessed marijuana for sale.

10 years ago

The earth in Lassen County shook, literally, late March 30.

Residents said they felt the fist tremors of a mild earthquake around 10:02 p.m. with two more following at 10:46 p.m. and 11:52 p.m.

Last year

Kelly Erwin, of Susanville, was arrested after the Susanville Police Department investigated a report of someone entering a Chestnut Street home and stealing medication.

Erwin was caught after the homeowner’s son set up surveillance cameras in an attempt to catch the person entering the home.